Knockdown extension covered wagon-bed



C. J. JOLY.

KNOCKDOWN EXTENSION COVERED WAGON BED. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5,1919.

1,309,856. r Patented July 15, 1919.

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CHARLES J. JOLY, OF ENNIS, TEXAS.

KNOCKDOWN EXTENSION COVERED WAGON-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 15,1919.

Application filed February 5, 1919. Serial No. 275,171.

To all cvhom 2'25 may concern:

lde 1t known that I, CHARLns J. JOLY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,

residing at Ennis, in the county of Ellis and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown ExtensionCovered Wagon-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to knockdown wagon beds and more particularly toextensible wagon beds for cotton; and the object is to provide a wagonbed which can be extended or made larger as needed for hauling greaterloads and which can be made as small as may be required. Theadvantage isthat with small amounts or small loads, the surplus body can be removedso that the wagon will be as light as possible, and when larger loadsare to be hauled the sides and ends can be built up. Another object isto provide a top or cover which will answer in any case whether a smallload or a large load is to be hauled and which cover is readilydetachable and replaceable and which will protect the load from theweather. Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in thefollowing description and the invention will be more particularlypointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the wagon body assembled. Fig. 2 is abroken vertical section, showing the manner of connecting the sideboards and also the manner of connecting the top to the side. Figs. 3and 1 are perspective views of the two hinge members which connect thetop to the side. Fig. 5 is a broken sectional view of the meeting edgesof the two members which form the top. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of aspring-bracket keeper for the side braces. Fig. 7 is an edge view of theside braces. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the keeper shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 9is a side elevation of the side brace on an enlarged scale. Figs. 10 and11 are perspective views of the detachable side and end connectingkeepers. Fig. 12 is a broken sectional view, showing the keepers, shownin Figs. 10 and 11, in plan View.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

The body is made of side boards 1 and end boards 2 of ordinaryconstruction with braces 3 for the bottom 22. The side mem bers 1 andthe end members 2 are all detachable. The side boards 1 are connected toeach other by keepers or brackets which have male and female jointconnections. The bracket 4 is attached to the edge of a board 2 so thatthe joining member 5 will be in vertical position and the edge of theside member is cored out near the end so that the member 5 will bepartly countersunk therein. Two angular bracket members 6 are attachedto side boards 1 with the horizontal .members countersunk in theboards 1. The horizontal members 7 have openings to receive the malemembers 5 of brackets 4:. Both boards 1 have recesses formed in theirmeeting faces so that the member 5 will be incl-osed therein. The endmembers 2 will be securely held in place by the bracket keepers and theside members will also .be held in place by the keepers.

The side members 1 are further braced by braces 8 and extension braces9. The braces 8 may be permanently attached to one or more boards 1 andthe extension braces consist of two sections hingedly connected to themembers 8, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. When the members 9 are not neededfor ex tending the body of the wagon, they may be swung down by thesides of the members 8 and hang loosely. When the body is to beextended, the members 9 are swung up to the positions shown in Figs. 7and 8 and held in the extended position by spring clips 10 which areattached to the top member of the side of the wagon. The clips 10 havelateral wings 11. When the members!) are swung upwardly, the wings 11will spring upwardly sufficient to receive the upper ends of theextension members 9 and then snap down on them and hold them in place.

The top members 12 and 13 are detachably connected to the top sideboards 14. by hinges composed of bolt holding members 15 and hookmembers 16. The bolt or pivot members 15 are attached'to the top members14 of the side boards and the hook members 16 are attached to the topmembers. The top members 12 and 13 are provided with sheet metal covers17 and -18. The sheet 17 is bent at the edge to form a flange l9 and ahook flange 20 is formed on sheet 18 to catch over the flange 19 forholding the top members together and for preventing rain from enteringthe Wagon body. Brackets 21 are attached to the braces 8 for formingshoulders to brace the extension members 9. Various changes in thesizes, proportions, and construction of the several parts may be madewithout departing from my invention.

What I claim is,,

1. An extension body for wagons having detachable and replaceable sideand end boards and keeper brackets attached to the edges of the endboards and provided with male members, cooperating keeper bracketsattached to the side boards and provided with female members countersunkin said side boards to receive said male members, and braces for theside boards to prevent j 5th day of Dec, 1918.

lateral spreading consisting of permanent members vattached to the lowerside boards and extending members hingedly connected to said permanentmembers,

i 2. An extension body for wagons .having v tension braces attaohedtosaid side boards for preventing lateral spreading of the side boards.-

3. A knock down wagon body having removable and replaceable side and endboards detachably connected together and extension braces for the sideboards consisting V of permanent members attached to the lower sideboards and extension members hingedly connected to said permanentmembers and spring clips for holding said extension members in place.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand, this CHARLES J. J OLY.

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